Pearl Glow can get back on the winning trail when she lines up for the fifth at Greyville this evening, the meeting rescheduled from Wednesday because of a combination of rain and a blocked highway.

This will be her third outing back since a three-month break and should strip pretty much at her peak which should be enough for her to master this field.

Relatively lightly raced, Pearl Glow looked to be going places after winning first up out of the maidens and following up with a close second to the useful Ideal Winter.

Sent out favourite for her next start at Scottsville, she disappointed behind Parabola after which she was examined by the vet and subsequently rested for three months.

Dean Kannemeyer has brought her back slowly and from an ideal draw should make her presence felt.

With less than a fortnight to run to the end of the season, Dennis Drier has his nose in front of perennial rival Duncan Howells for the KZN Trainer’s Championship and will be looking to extend his seven-winner lead with Breaking Barriers who could prove the biggest threat to Pearl Glow.

The change of dates put paid to Fabian Habib’s first KZN raid, all three of his intended runners scratched, including Jubilee Line, likely favourite for the sixth.

Jubilee Line’s defection has left the way clear for Brighteyebushytail and a chance for Howells to keep the pressure on Drier. The stable holds the lightly raced Dynasty gelding in high regard but he does have his problems as can be deduced by the seven months off since his last start.

He trialled well enough behind Wednesday’s winner Double ‘O’ Eight and will much prefer this trip. Fit and well he could prove more than a match for the opposition. If not, then things get tricky.

Gunner rounded off his three-year-old career with victory in the Gr1 Premier’s Champion Stakes to give first season sire Gimmethegreenlight his first stakes winner.

It has been tough going since as he has not managed to fins the winner’s enclosure since that day, almost a year ago.

Paul Gadsby was hopeful of Gunner breaking his seasons duck last time out but Gunner was left with too much leeway to make up and was beaten into third behind the front-running Savuti.

Savuti is in opposition again today but is 1.5kg worse off and unlikely to be given a soft lead.

Sean Tarry sends out Riptide in the seventh and with apprentice Lyle Hewitson riding with supreme confidence of late, this could be another winner added to an already impressive total.

Riptide was touched off in a 1200m sprint last time out. She steps up to a mile this time around but does have a plum draw and highest rated runner Silver Prancer a non-starter.

Biggest danger could be Bold Beauty who had the worst of the draw last time out and looking set to make big improvement.

By Andrew Harrison